is a Japanese

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. After serving as an episode screenwriter, he was put in charge of all the screenwriting for ''

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''. Since then, he has also done screenwriting for many other series, of which notables include ''

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'', and ''

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''. He mostly works with

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and MAPPA.

Biography

Hiroshi Seko was born in

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, Japan. After doing episode scripts for ''

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'', ''

'', and ''

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'', Seko was put in charge of doing all the screenwriting in the anime adaptation of ''

''. Seko also wrote the '' Attack on Titan: Lost Girls'' novel. In 2016, Seko did the screenwriting for the anime adaptation of ''

'', which was nominated for anime of the year and won the award for best action series at the first

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. In 2019, he did the screenwriting for the anime adaptation of '' Vinland Saga'' and the second season of ''Mob Psycho 100'', both of which were nominated for anime of the year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. ''Vinland Saga'' also won the award for best drama. In 2020, he did the screenwriting for ''

'' and ''

''. At the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the former won anime of the year, while the latter was nominated for anime of the year and best fantasy.

Works

Television series

* (2010) (episode screenwriter) * (2013–present) (episode screenwriter (season 1–3); screenwriter (season 4)) * (2014) (episode screenwriter) * (2015) (screenwriter) * (2015–2016) (screenwriter) * (2016–2022) (screenwriter) * (2017) (screenwriter) * '' Banana Fish'' (2018) (screenwriter) * (2019–2023) (screenwriter) * (2020) (screenwriter) * (2020) (screenwriter) * (2020–2021) (screenwriter) * (2021) (screenwriter) * (2022) (screenwriter) * (2022) (screenwriter)

Web series

* (2019) (screenwriter) * (2022) (screenwriter)

Films

* (2015) (screenplay) * (2020) (screenwriter) * (2021) (screenwriter)

Novels

* (2014)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seko, Hiroshi Anime screenwriters Japanese novelists Japanese screenwriters Living people People from Nagoya Year of birth missing (living people)